Funding, coming election throw off Kenya opposition’s call for referendum
Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission officials verify documents of Okoa Kenya signatures on November 9, 2015. PHOTO | EVANS HABIL
The proposed referendum by the Kenyan opposition to amend sections of the Constitution hangs in the balance after the country’s electoral body said it was underfunded and that the vote may coincide with the General Election.
The earliest that the referendum sponsored by the Coalition for the Restoration of Democracy (CORD), termed Okoa Kenya, can be held is November, when campaigns for the General Election, set for August 2017, will have started.
